THE EXALTATION OF SKIN

Skin.noun1. The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body.2. Stage of expression.3. Where feelings reside.

Beyond surface there’s always depth. This is our tribute to skin. An experiment that connects 3 women, 3 languages and 3 writing expressions.Project developed with Sabina Chipara and with the collaboration of Carla Cascales Alimbau and Madalena Atayde.

There are women who carry the sea in their eyesNot by the colorBut by the vastness of the soulAnd bring poetry on their fingers and their smilesStay beyond timeAs if the tide never takes themFrom the beach where they were happy

Time writes lyrics on my bodySo complicatedAlmost unreadable,It writes its notes on my skinWithout asking me.Long, twisted, beautiful letters,It coils them around my neckIt smears them around my eyes,Around the lips, thin rays,It thickens them.Then, like the end of a book,It signs its name on my still round forehead.Without any confessionOf the purpose with whichIt sends through meThese messagesAnd whoWill have to read meAnd reply to it.